JWilsonphoto wrote:
Looks like I'm going to become a genuine LeMans photographer. A new client approached me today about joining the team as photographer of record. Unfortunately I had to decline the first shoot, in Long Beach on Saturday. I'm guessing that kind of gig gets you pretty decent access. Gotta love photography!
I would say you might get up close to a car or two, maybe even close enough to cause trouble

Speaking of getting into trouble... were you going to be able to make it for Moto GP? I know it was kinda iffy last you spoke.

I live about 55 miles North of it and was outside when I heard and felt the explosion. Careflight made many flights into the late hours of night. My thoughts and prayers are for all affected and I offer my condolences to the familes of the lost ones...

I'll play the portrait game! Did this on Tuesday. Single AB1600 with beauty dish and sunlight.
I'm just getting into "people" photography. We did four outfits that night pretty much run and gun. This is unedited other than crop, at this point. I may go in and touch up a couple of things.

I was project managing a drainage project in a residential village where we are the Property & Facility Managers, and taking photos of the works for a client in an other city. These two about 5 year old sisters came up to me & asked me to take a photo of them which I did blew them up to A3 on our colour photocopier & laminated them for their mum, they are both up on the wall in her lounge. This was just a spur of the moment thing, and the first photos taken on my D600, no artificial lighting or setting up just look at the camera & click. You can imagine my surprise after about 30 yrs a Canon person and then this jumps out of my screen. Some times its the little things we do that mean so much to others that we often take for granted.

JWilsonphoto wrote:
Sometimes I think He should have quit with the animals...........

This has been a week like I've never experienced before in my life, similar I think to how the people of NYC felt after 9/11. The Marathon bombings happened within 2 miles of my office. Thankfully none of my friends, family, or coworkers were directly affected, but there were some close calls and I do know people that knew someone that was wounded or killed. I have watched the Marathon finish myself in the area of the bombings, but years ago.

It has been a very emotional week. Starting with the incredible response of the onsite first responders and the medical teams that leapt into action. The way people in this city and surrounding communities have come together. And even the response from the entire country. I can't tell you how meaningful gestures like the United We Stand sign on Yankee Stadium, or playing Sweet Caroline at games across the country have been.

This morning brings a surreal dawn. I had fallen asleep early last night, so I'm only now learning of the violence that began around midnight. Shootouts, explosives thrown at police. The MIT police officer was killed less than a mile from my office, the car jacking by the suspects less than a half-mile from my office. I can't go to work right now. Public transit is shut down, the area around my office has been told to shelter in place. Businesses are shut down.

One bomber is dead, I was just trying to reach my staff to make sure they watched the news and stayed home.

I hope they catch the other guy alive. I think this community wants to look that bastard in the eye. They will not win.

JWilsonphoto wrote:
Looks like I'm going to become a genuine LeMans photographer. A new client approached me today about joining the team as photographer of record. Unfortunately I had to decline the first shoot, in Long Beach on Saturday. I'm guessing that kind of gig gets you pretty decent access. Gotta love photography!

Well then see you in France in a couple of weeks only almost 8 weeks to go then it's off to the 24H of Le Mans

JWilsonphoto wrote:
Looks like I'm going to become a genuine LeMans photographer. A new client approached me today about joining the team as photographer of record. Unfortunately I had to decline the first shoot, in Long Beach on Saturday. I'm guessing that kind of gig gets you pretty decent access. Gotta love photography!

Your not missing much. Street courses are not real photography friendly. Crap, everywhere you look in the background.

Yeah, I've seen some photo stations from Baltimore's races .. appeared to be holes in the fence at someone's diiscretion thinking this would be a good place to put * john doe photographer * to shoot for us ..